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silicium

silicium noun: the chemical element silicon.

Noun

silicium (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The chemical element silicon.

Origin of silicium

Learned borrowing from New Latin silicium, from Latin silex (“flint”) + -ium. Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808.

Questions about silicium

What does silicium mean?
Silicium means the chemical element silicon.
What part of speech is silicium?
Silicium is a noun.

Words near silicium in the dictionary

  1. silicious
  2. silicisation
  3. silicisponge
  4. silicisponges
  5. silicited
  6. silicium
  7. siliciureted
  8. siliciuretted
  9. silicization
  10. silicizations
  11. silicle

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